Paperback Oxford Canadian Dictionary - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195424395 ISBN 13: 9780195424393

Publisher: OUP Canada, 2006

Synopsis

Based on the critically acclaimed and best-selling Canadian Oxford Dictionarym the Paperback Oxford Canadian Dictionary offers all the authority of Oxford's flagship Canadian dictionary in a handy and affordable format.

With 200,000 words, phrases, and definitions, it features over 1,800 uniquely Canadian words and senses. Definitions, worded for ease of comprehension, are presented so that the meaning most familiar to Canadians appears first. Each of these entries is exceptionally reliable, the result of thorough research into the language and Oxford's unparalleled language resources.

Designed to fulfill users' everyday reference needs, the Paperback Oxford Canadian Dictionary offers Canadians the essential vocabulary for everyday use.

About this title

About the Author:

Katherine Barber has been head of Oxford University Press's Canadian Dictionary Department since 1991 and is Editor-in-Chief of both editions of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary. In 1999, she won the Canadian Booksellers Association's Libris Award for Editor of the Year.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Canada
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0195424395
• ISBN 13: 9780195424393
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1240
• Editor: Barber Katherine